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Tyne Dock open for businesses

Planners have handed businesses the opportunity to build their premises on the historic Tyne Dock, after a rapid expansion of the area was announced.

With a mission to create a vibrant Port of Tyne, the infill of Tyne Dock will make space for a “once in a generation” growth of the area, creating new potential for the North East’s business community.

The Port of Tyne, along with French contractors of the second Tyne Tunnel, Bouygues Travaux Publics, have joined forces to recycle the spoil from the construction of the tunnel by using it to infill the dockland and create almost 14 hectares of land.

The transformation, which begins on 26 September, is hoping to attract new business to the North East as well as minimising impacts to the environment.

Paul Fenwick, Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority’s project director of the New Tyne Crossing, said: “The use of material from the Crossing project to contribute to the Port of Tyne is excellent news.

“Not only will the Port benefit but the environment and local communities benefit too by avoiding the need to dispose of material at sea and removing the need for several thousand lorry movements to transport material to landfill sites.”

Trevor Jackson, managing director of TT2, a consortium in charge of looking after the Tyne Tunnel, added: “We’re confident that dredging will bring tangible benefits to the environment, river users, the community and the environment.”

The Tyne Dock will close on 10th August after 150 years of service. The dock was opened in 1859 after being dug out by hand to provide berth for 500 vessels.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .